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...choice of the two plays was well-considered. Schwarz' compact, realistic drama and Gregory's more experimental work set each other off to advantage and provided opportunities for a considerable range of dramatic expression...
Calling for the creation of a New England regional compact to provide increased educational opportunities in medicine and dentistry, the commission report emphasized that participating institutions must be prepared to increase enrollment by admitting more qualified students from the New England states...
...Conditioning. A compact, thermostat-controlled, heating-cooling-ventilating unit for automobiles was announced by Nash-Kelvinator Corp. The unit is installed under the hood and right front fender. By turning a knob, the motorist can switch on either the heating or the refrigerating element, bring in a stream of outside air warmed or cooled to the temperature set on the thermostat...
...People's Car. Nowhere is the resurgence of German men and machines more evident than in Germany's No. 1 auto company, Volkswagenwerk GMBH, and its boss, Heinz Nordhoff, 55, a compact (5 ft. 10½ in., 165 Ibs.) man with the steady eyes of a production whiz and the courtly manners of a diplomat. Six years ago, both Nordhoff and Volkswagen were part of the wreckage as Germany itself lay in the gutter of the world...
...Hopkins and N. S. Kapany in Britain and A.C.S. van Heel in The Netherlands have copied this system by binding transparent fibers (glass or plastic) into compact bundles. When a lens forms an image on one end of the bundle, each fiber transmits a small part of it to the other end, where it shows as a pattern of bright dots, one from each fiber. The bundle can be bent into sharp curves, but the image follows it faithfully without losing its sharpness. If poked into a human stomach, it could give an insect-eye view of anything there...